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Written (mostly) by CORKMASTER * – it reflects on the information, activities, wine-tastings and other wine-related matters of the Group.

Usually the group meets 3 times a month:

On the third Thursday of each month for a Themed tasting led by Corkmaster Laurie, another member or a guest.Notes on the theme for that will be posted just before the tasting, and the tasting notes just after.

10 days before the 3rd Thursday (which is a Monday) Tutored Tasting (TT) Members take it in turns to lead a tasting on their chosen field.Notes of this tasting are posted too.

Finally at the end of each month the Sock Club (“no-one ever talks about Sock Club”) meet for a hidden-label bottle (“Sock”) party.Lists and observations from those events will be posted shortly after the event.

So, every month there will be 4 or 5 posts. In addition other wine thoughts will be posted from time to time : tastings at local restaurants (usually Mem Saab, Perkins or Harts); vineyard visits or what-we-did-on-our-‘olidays.

The WING MEMBERS only page includes a calendar of events (for the current and next two months) and sign-up links.

* The term “Corkmaster” is a reference to an episode (17 of series 7) of “Frasier” where Niles and Frasier compete for the chair of their wine circle – the role of “Corkmaster”. Votes are tied and the issue is settled with a blind “taste-off”.

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I couldn’t find an email address on your blog so thought I’d drop a note here instead. You already sound like a very active wine tasting group, but there is a charity wine tasting event taking place at Debbie Bryan’s Shop in the Lace Market in Nottingham this Saturday at 7pm in partnership with a wine merchant from the Loire Valley who now calls Nottingham his home.